Wood turtle

The wood turtle is a land-dwelling reptile with a sculpted upper shell that looks like tiny pyramids. It lives in the northeastern parts of North America, from Canada down to Virginia. Unlike many turtles, it spends more time on land than in water.

• Its shell grows between 14 to 20 centimeters long.
• It shares its genus with only one other turtle, the bog turtle.
• Fossil records show it once lived as far south as Georgia.